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APPLICATION FILED NOV; 1,-1918.

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ROYAL o. HAYDEN, or CAKES, NORTH DAKOTA.

COMBINATION-TOOL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 17,1919.

Application filed November 7, 1918. Serial No. 261,526.

To all whom it may concern: y I

Be it known that L-Itornn G. HAYDEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oakes, in the county of Dickey and State of North Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination Tools, of which the following is a specification.

The invention provides a tool adapted for a variety of uses, being designed most especially for use in connection with farm wagons, since the tool may be used. as a pivot pin, a hammer, an extractor for staples and nails, a screwdriver, and a wrench, the latter being adjustable for use in connection with nuts of different sizes.

The invention has for its object to provide a tool of the character hereinbefore stated which involves a simple and compact structural organization and which is comparatively light and susceptible of successful use in substantially the same manner as separate tools specially constructed for the par ticular work adapted to be accomplished by the use of the tool.

The drawing illustrates a preferred embodiment of the invention; however, it is to be understood that in adapting the same to meet different conditions, various changes in the form, proportion, and mlnor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the nature of the invention as claimed hereinafter.

Referring to the drawing,

Figure 1 is a front view of a tool embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1, a portion of the stem being broken away and the gripping ends of the jaws being omitted;

Fig. 3 is a top plan view, one of the jaws being in section;

Fig. 4 is a sectional detail on the line M of Fig. 1, looking to the right as indicated by the arrow; and.

Fig. 5 is a sectional detail on the line 55 of Fig. 2.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawing by like reference characters.

The tool comprises a stem 1 and a crosshead 2 at one end of the stem. The opposite end of the stem is notched as indicated at 3 to provide a nail extractor in the form of the ordinary claw. One element of the claw is pointed, as indicated at 4, to provide a staple extractor. The remaining element of the claw is broad, as indicated at 5, to provide a screwdriver. A hammer-head 6 is located at the end of thestem 1 provided with the cross-head 2 and is disposed intermediate the ends of the cross-head. The hammer-head 6 also provides a convenient grip for the hand when manipulating the tool as a wrench or extractor.

Companion jaws are slidably mounted upon end portions of the cross-head 2 and are of light construction, each comprising a gripping element 7, a shank portion 8, and an intermediate connecting portion 9. The shank portion 8 is formed with rearwardly extending channel members 10 which embrace the upper and lower longitudinal edge portions of the cross-head 2, thereby retaining the jaws in position and directing them in their sliding movement. A longitudinal slot 11 is formed in the shank 8 of each-of the jaws and. receives a projection 12 which constitutes a stop to limit the jaws in their outward movements. A projection 13 is provided at the inner end of the shank 8 and is formed with an inner threaded opening to receive an end of a right and left screwthreaded member 14:, whereby the jaws are adjusted and made secure in the relative adjusted position. The jaw-adjusting member 14 is provided midway of its ends with an enlargement 15 which is knurled or otherwise roughened to enable a firm purchase being obtained thereon when turning the member 14: to adjust the jaws by moving them outward or inward.

The stem 1 of the tool constitutes a handle and also serves as a connecting pin when it is required to join parts through the instrumentality of a pin or bolt. It will thus be understood that the stem 1 may serve as means for connecting a swingletree or a doubletree to a wagon, or to be used as a king-bolt for pivotally connecting the front axle to a bolster. As a hammer the stem 1 may be gripped in the usual manner and the head 6 utilized as means for delivering blows upon the part to be driven. The jaws enable the tool to be used as a wrench, and by adjusting said jaws the tool may be readily adapted for gripping nuts of different sizes.

The foregoing description and the drawings have reference to what may be considered the preferred or approved form of my invention. It is to be understood that I may make such changes in construction and arrangement and combination of parts, materials, dimensions, et cetera, as may prove expedient and fall within the scope of the appended claim.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to se-- cure by Letters Patent is A tool comprising a stem having a crosshead, jaws slidably mounted upon end portions of the cross-head each of the jaws comprising a shank embracing the crosshead and formed with a longitudinal" slot and an internally threaded projection, the cross-head having a projection extending into the slot of the shank, and a right-andleft threaded member engaging the threaded projections of the jaws.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ROYAL C. HAYDEN. Witnesses:

A. G. KENNEDY, HULDA DocKs'rAnER.

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Washington, D. G. 

